Women's Track & Field

Amanda Kelley Sets School Record, Blue Devils Compete at Northeastern

Dec 06, 2008

Freshman Amanda Kelley set a school record in the shot put,
while the Central Connecticut women's track and field team competed
at the Northeastern Husky Track and Field Carnival on Saturday.
Kelley recorded a distance of 38 feet, six and one quarter inches
to place eighth in the event. The Blue Devil freshman also placed
fourth in the weight throw with a mark of 46 ft. 6.75 in.

Freshman teammate Amy Sanjurjo finished in the top 15 in three
events. She placed fourth in the 55 meter dash, recording a time
of 7.36 seconds. Sanjurjo was also 10th in the long jump and 14th
in the 200 meters. She jumped to 16 ft. 10.5 in. in the long and
crossed the finish line in 26.48 in the 200.

CCSU cross country standouts Katherine Bossardet and Megan
Jaswell as well as freshman Amanda Prescott were the other Blue
Devils to come away with top ten finishes at the meet. Bossardet
placed eighth in the 5000 meters in a time of 18:41.16, while
Jaswell finished five seconds behind her (18:46.11) in 10th.
Prescott was ninth in the triple jump, recording a mark of 33 ft. 3
in.

The Blue Devils will be back in action next month when they
compete in the Sorlein Invitational at URI on January 16 at 1:00
p.m.